UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)

Egyptology has as its object of study the history, practices, and
conceptual categories of a culture that was remarkably prolific in terms
of written texts, art, architecture, and other forms of material
culture. The knowledge of Egyptologists, archaeologists, linguists,
geologists, and all other professionals who are involved in research
related to Ancient Egypt reflect the interdisciplinary approach that is
needed to make sense of such a wealth of information. The peer-reviewed
articles of the UEE are written by the world's leading scholars.

In the coming decade we will continue to build the
content of the UEE, while a separate web site, the UEE Full Version,
will be available starting in 2010. The full version will have enhanced
searches, such as a map-search functionality, alphabetical and subject
browsing, in-text links, explanations of terminology for
non-professionals, an image archive, and Virtual Reality
reconstructions. In addition, a Data-Access Level is under development,
which links articles with the results of original research. Information
on the development of the UEE Full Version can be found at http://www.uee.ucla.edu.

The primary focus of the project is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world, but I will also include other kinds of networked information as it comes available.

The ancient world is conceived here as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, my academic home at the time AWOL was launched. That is, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Pacific, from the beginnings of human habitation to the late antique / early Islamic period.

AWOL is the successor to Abzu, a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world, founded at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in 1994. Together they represent the longest sustained effort to map the development of open digital scholarship in any discipline.